CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Deino]

A great shot ..

 

[DexterM]

And here it is... Smoke on the water.
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Fire in the sky.

 

[by78]

Two more high-resolution images.

 

[Deino]

A really nice image of the PLANS-18 „Fujian“ (Image via @这丫头有点风 from Weibo)

 

[A.Man]

It is indeed a "80,000 tons of diplomacy."

 

[LKK815]

so if the first sea trials are for testing the propulsion and electronic system of the fujian, would the second/third would be launching of aircraft from the catapults? how long would that take

 

[Blitzo]

so if the first sea trials are for testing the propulsion and electronic system of the fujian, would the second/third would be launching of aircraft from the catapults? how long would that take

We don't know.

We are in new and uncharted waters here, given this is a rather new ship type and different to the previous two carriers so there's no trend to extrapolate from.

My advice is to don't even think we can predict it.

 

[luncheonham]

We don't know.

We are in new and uncharted waters here, given this is a rather new ship type and different to the previous two carriers so there's no trend to extrapolate from.

My advice is to don't even think we can predict it.

Any updates on "Liaoning" ...

 

[Temstar]

Latest photo from the telegram groups I hang out in:

 

[Atomicfrog]

so if the first sea trials are for testing the propulsion and electronic system of the fujian, would the second/third would be launching of aircraft from the catapults? how long would that take

They can pair it with one of the other two for landing/launching tests after the first sea trials. They can do touch and go, testing apprauch and other stuff way easier like that. It will take a while for full landing/launching. So many new things to learn on that ship, who knows how long it will take but probably less than the USS Gerald R. Ford mess...